Shloka 85

Devanagari script

असूयतश्च शक्रस्य वज्ेण प्रहरिष्यत: । बाहुं सवज्ं तं तस्य क्रुद्धस्यास्तम्भयत्‌ प्रभु:

Transliteration

asūyataś ca śakrasya vajreṇa prahariṣyataḥ | bāhuṃ savajraṃ taṃ tasya kruddhasyāstambhayat prabhuḥ ||

Translation

قال فياسا: لما كان شَكْرَة (إندرا)، مدفوعًا بالحسد، على وشك أن يضرب بصاعقته (الفَجْرَة/الفَجْرَا: الفَجْرَة هنا هي الفَجْرَا «الفَجْرَا» أي الفَجْرَا/الفَجْرَا: الفَجْرَا «الفَجْرَا»؛ أي الفَجْرَا «الفَجْرَا» = الفَجْرَا «الفَجْرَا»؛ المقصود: الفَجْرَا/الفَجْرَا = الفَجْرَا «الفَجْرَا»؛ سنستعمل: الفَجْرَا = الفَجْرَا «الفَجْرَا»؛) أمسك الربّ الجبّار بذراعه الغاضبة—والصاعقة في يده—فكفَّ الفعل قبل أن يقع. ويؤكد هذا الموضع ضرورةً أخلاقية: كبح الغضب ومنع العنف المدمّر، ولو كانت القدرة والسلاح في المتناول.

Word by Word

असूयतःof (him) who was envious

चand

शक्रस्यof Śakra (Indra)

वज्रेणwith the thunderbolt

प्रहरिष्यतःof (him) who was about to strike

बाहुम्arm

सवज्रम्bearing the thunderbolt

तम्that

तस्यof him

क्रुद्धस्यof the enraged (one)

अस्तम्भयत्stopped, restrained

प्रभुःthe mighty one, the lord

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyasa

Shakra (Indra)

Vajra (thunderbolt)

Prabhu (the mighty Lord)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Power must be governed by restraint: even a justified or possible act of violence becomes adharma when driven by envy and anger. The verse highlights the dharmic ideal of preventing harm by checking wrath at its source.

What is happening in the narrative?

Indra (Śakra), resentful and angry, raises his arm to strike with the thunderbolt. A mighty figure (prabhuḥ) intervenes and physically restrains his arm, stopping the blow before it is delivered.